Example sentences of "[vb past] a high [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The president was well informed on both the oil industry in Colombia and LASMO 's involvement in it , but it was rock and roll which provided a high point at the end of the meeting when Lord Rees presented him with a specially acquired gold disc of his favourite group , the Rolling Stones . |
| 2 | INDIA 'S Supreme Court suspended a High Court ruling blocking a bribery case probe of a 1987 arms deal with AB Bofors of Sweden |
| 3 | Although her house was frequently burgled , she maintained a high standard of hospitality . |
| 4 | Although they did not quite reach the same heights , Ann Welsh ( Liverpool ) and Claire Swift ( Sefton ) maintained a high standard in the under-17 race over the same distance , with the Liverpool girl taking the honours in 4–39.0 against her rival 's 4–40.4 . |
| 5 | We also maintained a high level of special needs training — over 20% of all provision . |
| 6 | Nehmad maintained a high profile throughout the session , keeping his eye firmly on the currency board and bidding on a number of other lots including Maria-Helena Vieira da Silva 's ‘ La Ville Fermee ’ ( lot 320a , est. £60,000–80,000 ) which he lost to a French dealer for £62,000 . |
| 7 | Harry Martin maintained a high profile in the town , attending every major function , but there was little written about his business dealings . |
| 8 | He said police maintained a high profile on the road at all times , but could not be everywhere at once , adding cardboard cutout cars should be considered . |
| 9 | Whereas Cipriani , in all his dealings , retained a high degree of honour , albeit confused , those that superseded him after 1938 , heralded in a period that is recognised by some as the nadir of political life in Trinidad . |
| 10 | They found a high degree of positive relationship between areas of faulting and abnormal meteorological events , including UFO activity . |
| 11 | We recently found a high correlation between luminal lytic activity and in vivo colonic proliferation as determined by lysis of erythrocytes and H-thymidine incorporation , respectively . |
| 12 | A study of elderly hospital inpatients with iron deficiency anaemia found a high incidence ( 16% ) of dual pathology when both the upper and lower gastrointestinal tracts were examined . |
| 13 | It may even be possible to obtain approval from opposing groups for a set of moral maxims such as peace , justice , and freedom — see the lists of values in McKernan 's ( 1980 ) research , for which he found a high level of acceptance among both Northern Ireland communities . |
| 14 | We found a high level of assessment activity by community nursing staff using structured questionnaires . |
| 15 | A survey in one Edinburgh hostel found a high rate of mental disorders ; schizophrenia was diagnosed in 26 per cent , organic brain disease or lifelong mental handicap in a further 15 per cent , serious alcohol abuse in 9 per cent . |
| 16 | In 1876 he built a high water tower , topped for a time with a telescope . |
| 17 | Though in fact the development did not proceed , the use of the SDO procedure for such a purpose involved a high degree of central involvement in local planning decisions . |
| 18 | Both studies , however , are not strictly comparable as we used elemental diet for at least four weeks and had five day introduction cycles with reintroduction of once only identified foods whereas Alun-Jones et al used diet to symptomatic remission only , had a daily introduction programme without repeat exposure to suspect foods , and in one study used a high fibre diet in the control group . |
| 19 | The mail-shot received a high response rate of over 43% — 13 replies from 30 enquiries — so a higher number of negative responses was expected , bearing in mind that people are generally swifter to complain than to praise . |
| 20 | The term ‘ peppercorn rent ’ related to the time when the spice commanded a high price , although such a charge nowadays is generally disregarded . |
| 21 | LORD ALDINGTON , a former deputy chairman of the Conservative Party and Warden of Winchester School , was falsely branded a war criminal on the scale of the worst butchers of Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia , his counsel , Charles Gray QC , told a High Court libel jury yesterday . |
| 22 | LORD ALDINGTON told a High Court jury yesterday he remembered making inquiries to ensure that thousands of Yugoslavs repatriated by the British at the end of the Second World War would be properly treated . |
| 23 | LORD ALDINGTON told a High Court libel jury yesterday that he and other British Army personnel ‘ hardened our hearts ’ when obeying orders to repatriate about 40,000 Cossacks at the end of the Second World War . |
| 24 | Mr Alistair MacDuff told a High Court jury that Princesses Faria and Simiya Al Sabah had meted out dreadful treatment to her on a 1983 visit to their Bayswater home in London . |
| 25 | His lawyer , Tom Shields , told a High Court judge that last year , when the late Robert Maxwell owned the papers , Mr Galloway tabled a Commons motion about a book called The Samson Option . |
| 26 | Yesterday 's Court of Appeal ruling overturned a High Court judge 's decision last month in favour of Hi-Tech Xtravision , of Camberley , Surrey , which makes and sells rival decoders and which challenged the right of BBC Enterprises to grant an exclusive decoder distributorship to Northampton-based Space Communications ( Sat Tel ) Ltd . |
| 27 | The Hong Kong Court of Appeal on March 6 , 1990 , overturned a High Court decision of Nov. 9 , 1989 , that two of the commercial corruption charges brought in October 1988 against Ronald Li , the former chairman of the colony 's stock exchange [ see p. 36764 ] , would not be pursued . |
| 28 | The first is that Luftwaffe defences became better , too , and that caused a high price to be paid in terms of casualties . |
| 29 | The shielding with the collimator supplied by the manufacturers was insufficient as it caused a high background level , and hence a new lead collimator was designed to provide a more directional response . |
| 30 | Neither the Butler Education Act of 1944 , nor the introduction of comprehensive schools , prevented a high proportion of children from under-achieving . |